Don’t ask me why, but stealing immense amounts of our wealth so that politicians, bureaucrats and their cronies can live high doesn’t satisfy Leviathan. Nor is it content to rule every aspect of our lives. Even instilling fear, terrorizing us until we comply with its senseless dictates regardless of the harm to us and to our families, isn’t enough. Leviathan also wants our love. Demands it, in fact, along with our loyalty and gratitude—as if it can compel that trio as easily as it does our obedience. Given its constant whining after our affections, you might confuse this enemy of … Continue reading The State as a Jilted Romeo